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Cameron Cayer is a Rhode Island–born writer with a love for maps, history, and the quiet diplomacy of travel.

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An interior view of Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery.

Singapore

Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery

The largest monastery in Singapore is home to a crematorium, a college, and one of Asia’s largest indoor Buddha statues.

German Girl Shrine

Singapore

German Girl Shrine

A Singapore shrine to an unnamed German girl who has become a local deity.

Katong Antique House

Singapore

Katong Antique House

This jam-packed Singapore antique museum preserves the fading remnants of a uniquely mixed culture.

House of Tan Teng Niah

Singapore

House of Tan Teng Niah

This house is one of the most colorful in the country, and is the last remaining example of a historic villa.

Kurdish cuisine shares some dishes, like meat kebabs, with other Middle Eastern cuisines.

Tokyo, Japan

Mesopotamia

The only Kurdish restaurant in Japan invites you to learn and feast.

Project Mercury space capsule replica.

Hakui, Japan

Cosmo Isle Hakui

A museum of space exploration in the UFO capital of Japan.

Not a regular school pool...

Muroto, Japan

Muroto Schoolhouse Aquarium

Sharks, stingrays, and turtles swim in the pools at this former elementary school.

The otherworldly Kokudo Station.

Yokohama, Japan

Kokudō Station

Unchanged for decades, World War II-era bullet holes and nostalgic ghost signs still haunt this desolate train station.

A tunnel into the Ashio Copper Mine.

Nikko, Japan

Ashio Copper Mine

The site of Japan's first major environmental disaster.

Zenigata Sunae, the curious sand art of Kan-onji.

Kanonji, Japan

Zenigata Sunae

This massive, Edo Period, coin-shaped sand painting is believed to be a source of great luck.

Alcatraz ER
Permanently Closed

Tokyo, Japan

Alcatraz ER

Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

It's hard to believe these replicas aren't actually edible.

Tokyo, Japan

Sampuru Shops of Kappabashi Street

Tokyo’s “Kitchen Town” hosts a number of shops selling intricate food replicas.

The Confucius Shrine's main hall and courtyard.

Nagasaki, Japan

Confucius Shrine in Nagasaki

This ornate example of 19th-century Chinese architecture is one of only a handful of Confucius shrines in Japan.

You need to try Hosoya’s burger when you’re in Sendai.

Sendai, Japan

Hosoya’s Sandwich

Established in 1950, this humble burger joint is the oldest surviving one in Japan.

The tengu.

Tokyo, Japan

Tetsugakudo Park

A bizarre philosophy-themed park founded by an occult expert.

Ainu laquerware on display

Shiraoi, Japan

Upopoy (National Ainu Museum and Park)

Learn about the indigenous people of Japan's northernmost islands.

A display at the TOTO Museum.

Kitakyushu, Japan

TOTO Toilet Museum

This futuristic-looking museum was built for the centennial of Japan's most innovative toilet.

Saya Kubota, the creator of Missing Post Office.

Mitoyo, Japan

Missing Post Office

A unique art exhibit home to letters addressed to those unable to receive them.

Kizukuri Station.

Tsugaru, Japan

Kizukuri Station

A train station decorated by a giant replica of the ancient Shakōki-dogū figurine found in the area.

Tokyo's largest birthday cake is something to see.

Tokyo, Japan

Futaba Cake Building

This giant two-tier celebration cake serves as a befitting advert for the confectionery college it sits on top of.

The mural and Shibuya Mark City.

Tokyo, Japan

Myth of Tomorrow

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

Taiyoshi Hyakuban, brothel-turned-restaurant.

Osaka, Japan

Taiyoshi Hyakuban

This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.

Neutrino Japan Facility Super Kamiokande

Hida, Japan

Super-Kamiokande

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.

Doai Station platform

Minakami, Japan

Doai Train Station

Would you spend the night in Japan's deepest train station?

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